ADLINGTON, LESLIE DOUGLAS, L.-Corpl., No. 39900, 21st Battn. (First Surrey Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), eldest s. of (-) Adlington, by his wife, Amy (32, Roderick Road, Sparkhill, Birmingham); b. Ladywood, Birmingham, 11 Oct. 1898; educ. Sparkbrook aforesaid; was employed by the Birmingham Electric Supply Department; joined the Warwickshire Regt. 24 Oct. 1915; subsequently was transferred to the 1st Surrey Rifles; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from March, and was killed in action near Albert 24 Aug. 1918; unm.

Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 5

Taylor W W Rfn 604 21st London Regiment

TAYLOR, WALTER WILLIAM, Rifleman, No. 604, 1/21st Battn. (1st Surrey Rifles), The London Regt. (T.F.), only s. of William Taylor, Verger and Guide at St. Paul’s Cathedral, by his wife, Clara, dau. of James Fensome; b. Brixton, London, S. W., 19 June, 1888; educ. St. Saviour’s School there; was a Porter in the Goods Department of the S.E. and C. Railway; joined the Surrey Rifles, 1 Aug. 1909; volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; went to France, 12 March, 1915, and was killed in action at Givenchy, 25 May, 1915; being buried there. He m. at St. Paul’s Church, Herne Hill, S.E., 1910, Maud (99, Milkwood Road, Herne Hill), dau. of Ernest Ward, and had two children: Walter William, b. 17 June, 1913, and Maud Ethel, b. 11 Jan. 1911.

Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 1